An 8-year-old Swedish girl swimming in a lake pulled out what she thought was a stick from the bottom – only to find out it was actually an ancient, pre-Viking sword.

(CNN) --An eight-year-old girl has discovered a pre-Viking-era sword in a Swedish lake, prompting locals to name her the "Queen of Sweden." Swedish-American Saga Vanecek found the ancient artifact ...

A Viking Ulfberht sword originating from Russia, and dating back to 900 A.D. to 1000 A.D., is displayed at the “Vikings: Life and Legend” exhibition at the British Museum in London, on March 4 ...

An eight-year-old girl has discovered a pre-Viking-era sword in a Swedish lake, prompting locals to name her the “Queen of Sweden.” CNN values your feedback 1.

An 8-year-old girl who heroically pulled an ancient Viking sword from a lake in Sweden, will likely receive her very own handmade version of the weapon to remember the fateful day she became a ...

An 8-year-old girl made a fantastic discovery playing in a Swedish lake: a pre-Viking era sword. Saga Vanecek, a Swedish-American girl, pulled the 33-inch sword from the bottom of the lake, held ...

This photo taken in July 2018 and released by the Jonkopings lans Museum on Friday, Oct. 5 2018 shows a pre-Viking era sword in Jonkopings, Sweden.

Archaeologists in Sweden have unearthed two Viking swords in neighboring graves that were buried upright, as if they were standing on their points. Whoever installed the iron swords perpendicular ...

Upright swords, Köping, Sweden (Arkeologerna Statens historiska museer). While excavating a Viking cemetery near the Swedish town of Köping, archaeologists discovered a pair of sword hilts ...

An 8-year-old girl in Sweden over the summer accidentally discovered a Viking sword estimated to be 1,500 years old, Minnesota Public Radio reported on Thursday.

An eight-year-old girl has discovered a pre-Viking-era sword in a Swedish lake, prompting locals to name her the “Queen of Sweden.” CNN values your feedback 1.

An 8-year-old girl, originally from Minnesota, made a fantastic discovery playing in a Swedish lake: a pre-Viking era sword. Saga Vanecek, who lives with her family in Sweden after spending seven ...